We’ve listened to our communities and the Storylines team is excited to share the significant changes to our national Story Tour programme next year. In 2025 our programme will deepen and broaden our focus on disadvantaged as well as rural and ethnically diverse communities to reach more tamariki and rangatahi in these areas who will benefit most from our visits. We are adding two extra writer/ illustrator presenters to each tour, so we will be touring with six presenters – and a bigger van! The additional two will be fluent in te reo Māori and have written in te reo and will visit kura kaupapa. We’ll let you know more as we progress and, in the meantime, we encourage early applications for our visits.